Conditions Can Affect Disease Dynamics

question 30

Multiple Choice

Conditions can affect disease dynamics.A grasshopper species will escape serious infection by a fungal pathogen by modifying what condition?

• A) The amount of carbohydrates in its diet
• B) Its body temperature, and it does so by basking
• C) The percentage of water that it is comprised of, which it does by eating vegetation with a higher water content
• D) It is not capable of preventing infection by this fungal pathogen

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